71 Rebecca St | ? m | 23 fl | Proposed

[Davis137]

Great to see/read that a number of these tower proposals have been approved. It seems as though the height restriction thing with relation to the escarpment is very similar to the planes of view of the Parliament Center Block/Peace Tower (92.2m) here in Ottawa...that there were rules in place for there to be unobstructed views of it from all over the city, and that buildings could not surpass it's height within a certain distance/proximity to it. This is why the downtown core is a table top of 20-30 floor buildings built from nearly lot line to lot line. The developers here have tried to do a work-around, where they build taller buildings in prominent locations (or soon to be ones) further away from the Parliamentary district, such as ones like the Claridge Icon (143m/45 floors) , and the Trinity Station towers (130.1m/32 floors, 192.7/55 floors, 230.9m/65 floors) which have all been approved, and some are already well under construction.

Perhaps Hamilton will end up doing the same, with taller buildings built closer to the waterfront, rather than between Main and the Mountain.